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SAMSON'S BEE-HIVE 



By 
LUTHER OLIVER THOMPSON 

Author of "Fin a Bible Man," 

"I'm a Bible Woman," 

"Belles of the Garden," 

and Other Games. 



For the Social Committee of the Adult 

Bible Class, Endeavor Society, and 

all other social gatherings. 




CINCINNATI 

THE STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY 



Copyright, 1918 
The Standard Publishing Company 






MAR 27 i9!8 

0G1.A499481 



INSTRUCTIONS 



C ELECT a good reader, who will read aloud the story of 
Samson. The guests will pair off by some good method, 
and will be seated at random throughout the hall. Each 
couple is given ten bees. The object is to hive their bees. 
The reader will begin to read slowly and distinctly the story. 
When she comes to a B she pauses for some one to hive 
that bee. Some one will cry out that he has the bee. For 
instance, in this sentence: "Be-ing Be-hind now, Samson 
Be-stirs himself — " The reader will hold on "Be." One 
pair of the guests have among their ten bees "be-coming," 
and will say out quickly, "Be-coming." That is the wrong 
"Bee," as "Be-ing" is the correct bee. Instead of hiving 
that "Bee," they must take a "Bee" from the hive. But if 
some one had "Be-ing" and called it, then they would hive 
the bee, and that would leave them only nine. 

There should be a non-contestant, a boy or girl prefer- 
ably, who passes around the bee-hive for the players to 
deposit their bees or to take out others, as the case may 
demand. 

When a couple has hived all its bees the game is won. 
It will be found that many couples will have more bees 

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INSTRUCTIONS. 

than when the game began, while others will be just ready- 
to go out. 

This game will create about as much noise and con- 
fusion as a bunch of boys in a yellow- jackets' nest. 



SAMSON'S BEE-HIVE 

COMETIME Be-tween the death of Joshua and the coro- 
nation of Saul, Samson came Be-fore the people of 
Israel. He is known largely Be-cause of his superb strength, 
but also Be-cause he came to Be a great judge. When he 
Be-gan to judge Israel the Philistines swarmed about the 
land like wild Bees. His Be-loved parents Be-fore him were 
Be-coming much disturbed by what seemed to them as 
unBe-coming conduct on the part of young Samson. You 
see, Be-fore his birth an angel had said unto Samson's 
mother: "Be-hold, the child that shall Be born unto thee 
shall Be a Nazarite." He was never to Be shorn nor 
shaven, and should ever Be-ware of strong drink, Be-cause 
when he Be-came judge he should deliver Israel from the 
hands of the Philistines. 

It is said that Be-fore Samson Be-came a man the 
Spirit Be-gan to move him Be-times. And Be-sides many 
wonderful exploits of Samson, Be-hold, nothing Be- fore or 
after Be-coming judge is so interesting as his Bee-hive. 
Be-lieving it to Be of interest to you, and Be-ing, as it is, 
the Be-ginning of a romance, it Be-hooves me to relate it. 
Be-fore Samson Be-came much known by the world he 

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went down to Timnath, a city of the Philistines, and there 
Be-held a woman, whose Be-witching wiles charmed him; 
and Be-fore he was aware, his young heart Be-gan to feel 
the pulsations of love. This, perhaps, should not Be laid up 
against Samson ; for many other youths have been Be-guiled 
by just such Be-coming maidens. Be it known, however, 
he Be-stirred himself, and after Be-coming convinced that 
he could not live without her, returned to take the matter 
up Be- fore his father. It might Be expected, Samson's 
father Be-holds dangers Be-fraught by his son Be-ing thus 
unequally yoked with a woman of the uncircumcision. Be- 
sides, Manoah hated the Philistines, for now the land was 
at their mercy. But could he have Be-held the hand of 
Providence in the movements of young Samson, he might 
have Be-come reconciled to the woman of his choice. But 
national pride often Be-gets prejudice, and this so Be-clouds 
the vision in many cases, that one can not Be-hold the situa- 
tion as it is. 

Be-fore long Samson prevailed upon his parents to 
accompany him to Timnath, that they might Be-hold the 
object of his affections; and it Be-hooves them to go by the 
vineyard of Timnath. As Samson turns to take a quiet 
stroll, Be-hold, a young lion Be-gan to roar Be-fore him. 
As luck would have it, Samson happened to Be unarmed; 
but Be-cause the Spirit fell upon him he Be-came so strong 





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that he tore the lion in pieces as it had been nothing in his 
hands. Be-sides this, no incident is given of Samson's great 
strength in his early manhood. Later on, though, his 
strength Be-came the menace of the Philistines ; and Be- fore 
they caught him he had slain a thousand men with the jaw- 
bone of an ass. 

Be-ing Be-hind now, Samson Be-stirs himself and has- 
tens to catch up with his father and mother. Be-fore long 
he again Be-holds the woman and Be-came the more infat- 
uated with her, and now Be-lieves he can not Be happy 
without her. He must have Be-come a valiant suitor, for 
the next mention we have of him he is again on the way to 
Timnath to claim his bride. Be-ing near where he had 
encountered the lion, he turns aside to see the carcass : and 
Be-hold, there was a swarm of Bees in it, and honey in the 
carcass of the lion. He Be-gan to eat of the Bees' honey, 
then Be-took himself with speed until he caught up with his 
parents. Be-cause he wished to keep the Bee experience a 
secret, he gave them the fruit of the Bees, Be-ing very 
careful not to tell them where he found it. 

Samson made a wedding feast, this Be-ing the custom 
of the young men, and Be it far from him to Be Be-hind 
the other fellows. Be-sides, he had, unBe-known to even his 
parents, prepared a riddle about his Bee-hive to put Be-fore 
the smart set of Timnath. When the bride's parents Be- 

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held the withal Be-coming young Samson, they brought 
Be-fore him thirty young men to Be his companions. Be- 
hold, when they stood Be- fore him, Samson said: "I will 
now put Be- fore you a riddle; if you can guess it in the 
seven days of the feast, or find it out, Be-hold, I will give 
you thirty sheets and thirty changes of garments. But if you 
can not tell me it Be-fore the end of the seven days, or find 
it out, then, Be-hold, you shall give me thirty sheets and 
thirty changes of raiment." This seemed to Be well pleas- 
ing to the men, and they Be-gan at once to Be anxious that 
he put Be-fore them the riddle. UnBe-knowing to Samson, 
this was soon to Be putting him Be-tween two fires; or, 
rather, Be-gan to stir up a bumble-Bees' nest. But this Be 
the riddle: "Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of 
the strong came forth sweetness." Be-fore three days the 
men Be-came Be-wildered and Be-gan to Be-ride Samson. 
Be-ing ignorant of the circumstances, it is little wonder they 
Be-gan to think the Be-coming Jew had outwitted them. 
Be-sides, who could have Be-fore known, even if the facts 
had Be-fore Be-come known, whether it Be Bees that Be 
the strength of the riddle, or might it Be the Be-coming 
Samson that Be it? And should this Be the case, there 
would still Be the mystery of the Bees Be-ing in the car- 
cass of a lion. Be-sides, if Samson Be the "strong" in the 
riddle, then the puzzling B would Be, Whence Be the sweet- 

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ness? And Be-hold, this Be-ing settled, we still have Be- 
fore us the Be-wildering puzzle, how it Be that the eater, 
Be-ing a meat consumer, Be-comes a producer of meat, 
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thirty companions Be-come Be-wildered by the Bee puzzle 
but, Be-hold, they Be-gin to Be angry with the Be-coming 
Samson, and, his wife Be-ing near, they Be-gan to ascertain 
if it might Be that she might Be enticed to Be-tray her 
husband. Be-sides, they Be-gan to threaten violence against 
her and her people if she did not Be-stir herself and find 
out what the riddle might Be. 

Be-hold, Samson's wife is Be-tween two fires. It Be-gins 
to dawn upon her that it were dangerous to refuse to Be- 
friend her countrymen, who had Be-come her guests; and 
Be-friending them would Be Be-traying the Be-coming 
Samson, who should Be considered her Be-loved husband, 
though he Be a Jew. 

This Be like Be-ing Be-tween two bumble-Bees' nests, 
amid the swarms of abominable big bumble-Bees. There 
Be Bees Be-fore you, Bees Be-hind, Bees Be-low, and Bees 
everywhere; and Be you ever so careful, Be-loved, these 
Be-stirring bumble-Bees will Be apt to Be on their job ; and 
if you Be stung it is Be-cause of your situation. 

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Be-sides, if poor Samson's wife is to Be a Be-coming 
bride, she can not Be if she Be-friends these Be-wildered 
men that have Be-come her guests. In Be-friending them, 
as we said Be-fore, she would Be Be-traying her Be-loved 
husband. 

If she Be-tray her husband she is sure to Be-come a 
widow; if she does not Be- friend the Be-muddled men she 
is apt not to Be at all. With her, it is to Be or not to Be. 
Be-hold, were all the Bees in Palestine — Palestine Be-ing a 
Bee country — I say, if all these Bees were buzzing Bee-like 
Be-low and Be-hind this woman, she would Be in no worse 
state of Be-ing than she Be now. 

But, Be-ing in this position, she Be-lieves it to Be the 
best thing to Be-seech her Be-coming husband to tell her 
the riddle. Be-hold, she Be-gins this with the cunning that 
Be-comes a woman under such Be-nighted circumstances. 
Samson, Be-holding his Be-loved wife Be-fore him, ex- 
postulated: "Be-hold, I have not told it to my father 
and mother, and shall I tell it you?" Now, Be it right 
for a husband to Be willing to tell his parents things 
that he would Be unwilling to lay Be- fore his bride? Be 
this as it may, Samson's wife Be-comes offended and Be-gins 
to pout; and, Be-tween her sighs and Be-seeching, the poor 
Samson himself Be-comes Be-wildered, and Be- fore he is 
aware his wife Be-comes possessor of the Bee riddle. His 

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wife now Be-ing in the secret, Be-hold, Be-fore the day is 
past, she Be-gins to tell her Be-muddled countrymen. And 
Be-hold, Be-fore the sun set on the seventh day they Be-gan 
to say: "What is stronger than a lion? and what is sweeter 
than honey?" 

It now Be-gins to dawn upon Samson that his wife had 
Be-trayed him, and Be-hold, he had Be-come a fool Be-fore 
their eyes. When it would Be Be-coming for his Be-loved 
wife to Be by his side, she had been Be-traying him. Of 
course, Samson could not Be-come reconciled to such unBe- 
coming conduct of his wife, and, Be-lieving it would Be to 
his dishonor not to pay the wager, he Be-comes busy. Be- 
ing prompted by a sense of retaliation, as well as to main- 
tain his honor, he handed out the sally, "If ye had not 
plowed with my heifer ye had not found out my riddle." 
The Spirit then fell upon him, and he went out to Ashkelon 
and slew thirty men, and took their spoil and gave the 
thirty sheets and thirty garments and paid the voucher. He 
Be-comes disgusted with the whole Be-nighted crowd, and 
returns to his father's house. 

Thus it was that a swarm of Bees that Be not where 
Bee-men would, as a rule, Be looking for Bees to Be, Be- 
came entangled with the quarrel of two nations, Be-gan to 
end a romance that Be-came tragedy; Be-sides, opened a 
way for the deliverance of the Be-nighted Israel from Be- 
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fore the unBe-friended Philistines. It teaches, also, the 
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whether they Be or Be not Bee riddles, especially if they 
Be Be- fore a Be-wildered set that Be after Be-guiling your 
wife to Be-tray you at your wedding. 



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